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Missouri Library Association Records, 1900-1994 (C0515)
32.2 cubic feet (1325 folders); 107 rolls of microfilm

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The organizational records of the Missouri Library Association consist of by-laws and constitutions, correspondence, financial and membership records including account books, journals and ledgers, handbooks, miscellaneous newsletters and other publications, minutes and reports, newspaper clippings, promotional materials, programs, resolutions, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Missouri Library Association Records, 1916-2018 (CA6066)
31.7 cubic feet, 6 audio tapes, 1 audio disc, 1 audio cassette, 4 video tapes, 1 video cassette, 2 oversize items

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Addition of correspondence, financial records, membership directories, conference materials, administrative files, publications, and minutes.

Missouri Lives Oral History Project Records, 2014-2018 (C4249)
0.01 cubic feet (13 folder), 27 CDs, 1 DVD, 80.1 GBs

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The collection consists of interviews with a wide array of Missourians who have had an interesting personal history and life. The collection consists of digitally recorded interviews, transcripts, and ephemera.

Missouri Lumber & Mining Company Records, 1888-1918 (R0140)
7 volumes, 2 folders microfilmed

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These are papers of Dr. Alexander Johnston, Chief Surgeon of the Missouri Lumber and Mining
Company at Grandin, Carter County, Missouri. The collection consists primarily of records of
the Employees Hospital Association of the lumber company, with miscellaneous material from the
Congregational Church at Grandin

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Missouri Lumber and Mining Company Records, 1853-1945 (C2557)
114.6 cubic feet (7109 folders, 194 volumes, 1 roll of microfilm)

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The records of the Missouri Lumber and Mining Company contain Correspondence, minutes of board of directors' meetings, and financial and operating records of a Grandin, MO, land and lumber company, which operated in Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley and Wayne Counties.

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Missouri Lumber and Mining Company Photographs, 1906-1916 (C3875)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

 Digitized Materials

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Photographs of various Missouri Lumber and Mining Company operations in and around the Ozark town of Grandin, MO. Taken and collected by Harry M. Griffith, a company physician.

Missouri Methodist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1906-1938 (C2148)
1.0 cubic foot (11 volumes)

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Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Columbia, formerly the Broadway Methodist Church.

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Missouri Military Academy Photographs, 1988 (P0445)
3 photographs

Photographs of the Missouri Military Academy, ca. 1988

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Missouri Military Portraits, 1860-1950 (P1197)

 Digitized Materials

Portraits of military servicemembers and officers from or with connection to Missouri.

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Missouri Mule History Project Records, 1980-1993 (C3954)
2 cubic feet (152 folders), 148 audio cassettes, 1 CD

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Records produced by a University of Missouri project to document the history of the state's mule industry, consisting of oral history recordings and transcripts of interviews with men and women concerning their experiences with the Missouri mule, project produced publications, and promotional materials.

Missouri Museums Association Records, 1970s-2021 (CA5823)
2.9 cubic feet, 104 MB of digital files

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Records of the organization include correspondence, financial and membership records, newsletters, conference material, meeting minutes, and miscellaneous records.

Missouri Music Teachers Association Records, 1910-2004; bulk 1963-1995 (C4670)
7.0 cubic feet (141 folders) 4 audio tapes

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The records of the organization include correspondence, financial reports, membership lists, newsletters, board meeting minutes, promotional materials, convention records, publications, audio tapes of original musical compositions, and miscellaneous material.

Missouri National Forests Association Books, 1933-1935 (C1175)
0.23 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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History and records of national forest movement in Missouri compiled by Robert Good, president of the association. V. 1, Newspaper clippings, 1933-1935; V. 2, Minutes and correspondence, 1933-1934.

Missouri National Guard Photographs, 1893-1932 (P0076)
0.2 linear feet

 Digitized Materials

Images of Charles Lindbergh, aerial photos of Columbia, MO, Fort Riley (KS), Lambert Airfield, 35th Division Aviation, Digital images of Fort Riley, national guard officers under Gov. Wm. J. Stone.

Missouri National Organization for Women Records, 1968-2013 (C0781)
5.0 cubic feet (130 folders), 2 video cassettes, 1 audio cassette, 1 oversize volume

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The records of the Missouri National Organization for Women contain governance resources, publications, conference information, membership lists, financial records, individual chapter materials, correspondence, and material concerning political issues such as the ERA.

Missouri Native Plant Society, Hawthorn Chapter (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1984-1986 (C4564)
0.02 (1 folder)

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Correspondence pertaining to the establishment of the Hawthorn Chapter (Columbia) of the Missouri Native Plant Society.  Also includes copies of the chapter's  newsletter, "The Hawthorn News,"  bylaws, minutes of board meetings, and membership lists.

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Missouri Newspapers Oral History Project Records, 1996-2015 (C3965)
0.2 cubic feet (13 folders), 21 audio cassettes, 4 compact discs

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Interviews with Missouri newspaper people regarding the history and evolution of newspapers in Missouri. The records include audio cassettes, transcripts, logs, notes, correspondence, and related ephemera.

Missouri Nurses Association Records, 1902-1993 (CA4451)
95 cubic feet

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The records of a professional organization include correspondence, insurance records, convention materials, reports, committee material, legislative files, membership records, publications, and miscellaneous materials.

Missouri Opera Star Portraits, 1928 (P1082)

Portraits of Missouri opera stars of the early 20th century.

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Missouri Ozarks Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1929 (R1196)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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This is a certificate of investment in the Missouri Ozarks Chamber of Commerce dated April 5, 1929, for J. M. Cape of Steelville, in Crawford County, Missouri. It constitutes a three-year pledge to support the Chamber at two dollars per years. Officers name on the certificate are F. H. Wielandy, Claude Bass, and E. K. Ponder.

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Missouri Pacific Railroad Company Collection, circa 1920 (R0156)
0.1 cubic foot 1 folder

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The Missouri Pacific Railroad Company Collection contains a photocopy of an illustrated promotional booklet, “The Arcadia Country.” The booklet describes the Arcadia Valley in Iron County, Missouri. Also included are photocopies of views of the railway depot at Arcadia, Missouri and a Missouri Pacific route map.

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Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, White River Division Collection, 1929 (R1209)
(1 folder)

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This is an illustrated promotional brochure advertising the White River Division of the Missouri Pacific Railway. It includes a route map showing towns and features along the line from Crane, Missouri, to Diaz and Newport, Arkansas, a montage entitled "Outdoor Life is Pleasant in The White River Country of the Ozarks," and a listing of representatives of the railroad's passenger and agricultural departments.

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Missouri Pacific Railroad Records, 1905-1945 (CA6365)
4.7 cubic feet

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Records of the railroad largely consist of field books containing survey information. Also includes valuation notes.

Missouri Pacific Railway Company Records, circa 1911 (R0459)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Missouri Pacific Railway Company Collection contains illustrated promotional booklets advertising railroad lands for sale in northeastern and central Arkansas. The booklets include descriptions and photographs of twenty-one counties, with information on agricultural production, stock raising, and railroad connections in the region.

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Missouri Pacific Railway Company, Summer and Winter Health and Pleasure Resorts Collection, 1888 (R1001)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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This is a photocopy of an illustrated promotional booklet published by the passenger department of the Missouri Pacific Railway. It concerns resorts along the rail lines in the western and southwestern states, especially those in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and Texas.

Missouri Pacific Women's Club of Poplar Bluff, Missouri Records, circa 1946-1990 (R0433)
(4 folders)

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These are scrapbooks of the Missouri Pacific Women's Club of Poplar Bluff in Butler County, Missouri. The club was composed of the relatives of Missouri Pacific Railroad employees. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, minutes of meetings, and miscellaneous material concerning the club's activities.

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Missouri Park and Recreation Association Records, 1938-1992 (C3649)
12 cubic feet (620 folders)

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Origin, history and meetings of an organization whose members seek to promote the general welfare of the people through a recreation program. Minutes of the executive boards, committee work, conference and treasurers' reports and correspondence are included. The last section of the collection comprises papers relating to supervised recreation in Columbia, Missouri, 1940-1960.

Missouri Parks Association Records, 1982-1995 (S0938)
0.8 cubic foot, 13 folders

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The Missouri Parks Association Records (MPA) contain correspondence, legal materials, board meeting minutes, publications, newsletters, and reports relating to the organization’s mission to protect, enhance, and preserve Missouri state parks and historic sites. Included in the collection is MPA’s serial publication The Heritage. The bulk of this collection includes correspondence to and from board members as well as Missouri’s political figures including former Missouri governors, senators, and attorney general. These individuals include John Ashcroft, Mel Carnahan, and Kit Bond. Additionally, these records contain the National Park Services’ National Register of Historic Places – Nomination Forms for architectural sites in Missouri state parks that hold historical significance, such as bridges, lodges, and cabins. 

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Missouri Patriotic Associations Collection, 1893-2010 (C4704)
0.4 cubic foot (18 folders), 1 roll of microfilm

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Records of state and local chapters of various patriotic and heritage associations in Missouri.

Missouri Peace Society Papers, 1912-1919 (C1805)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of the Missouri Peace Society contain a bank pass book and three vouchers for the Missouri Peace Society.

Missouri Peace Studies Institute Records, 1965-1979 (C3694)
6.8 cubic feet (495 folders)

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The records of a Columbia-based organization established in 1968 to discover ways to implement peace, to promote and encourage peace research and education, and to work with other peace organizations, include the group’s organizational records and subject files.

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Missouri Photographs Collection, 1912-1954 (SP0031)
.1 cubic foot (1 folder, 6 photographs)

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The Missouri Photographs Collection consists of various photographs from the state of Missouri, as well as several postcards for attractions around the state, including Meramec Caverns. The collection also contains an address book dated 1954. 

Missouri Place Name Survey Papers, 1954-1982 (C4390)
1.2 cubic feet (35 folders)

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Correspondence, newsletters, notes, research material, papers, proposal, and publications of a committee of professors who undertook a Missouri Place Name Survey, building largely on the work of Professor of English Robert L. Ramsay, whose students compiled a survey of Missouri places in the 1930s. The survey was intended to produce a dictionary of Missouri place names.

Missouri Political Nominations, 1898 (C1179)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Includes candidates of the Socialist Labor, Social Democratic, Independent People's, People's, Democratic, Republican, and Prohibition parties for the election of 1898.

Missouri Post-War Planning Projects Papers, 1945-1946 (C2503)
0.4 cubic feet (22 folders)

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Survey of post-war planning projects in Missouri on the city, state, and federal levels. Information gathered from chambers of commerce, state and federal agencies, and private organizations. Letters, pamphlets, and statistical material.

Missouri Postcard Collection, 1870-1997 (P0032)
1 cubic foot

 Digitized Materials

An artificial collection of postcards depicting a broad selection of Missouri landscapes, towns, and cities.

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Missouri Postcard Collection, 1907-1971 (SP0016)
.5 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The Missouri Postcard Collection contains postcards featuring images from around the state of Missouri. Materials continue to be added to the collection.

Missouri Postmasters Association Papers, 1910-1928 (C3019)
0.1 cubic feet

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Programs, minutes, and proceedings of an organization of postmasters.

Missouri Prairie Foundation Records, 1959-2010 (C4714)
5.0 cubic feet (151 folders), 5 oversized items, 2 audio cassettes, 1 CD, 1 DVD, 1 film reel , 1 video cassette

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Records of an organization founded in 1966 to acquire and preserve native prairie lands in Missouri. Records consist of correspondence, subject and project files, brochures and other promotional materials, membership lists, financial records, and publications.

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Missouri Press Association Meeting Photograph, 1884 (P0245)
121 MB of digital files (3 tifs)

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Digital scans of 1884 meeting of the Missouri Press Association in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

Missouri Press Association Papers, 1866-1915 (C1822)
0.31 cubic feet (15 folders)

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Papers about the annual meetings of the Press Association: agendas, lists of participants, and information discussed.

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Missouri Press Association Photograph Collection, 1867-1985 (P0475)

 Digitized Materials

Photos of the Missouri Press Association and newspaper journalists and editors.

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Missouri Press Association Records, 1880s-2015 (CA6189)
54.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume, 5 oversize items, 168 DVDs, 112 videocassettes, 131 CDs

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Addition of bulletins, clippings, convention and board of directors meeting materials, directories, correspondence, photographs, subject files, and miscellaneous records of an organization founded in 1867. Includes files of executive directors Bill Bray and Doug Crews.

Missouri Press Association Records, 1882-1982, 2024 (C3714)
1.8 cubic (60 folders), 10 rolls of microfilm, 9.4 GB of digital files

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The records of an organization of editors, publishers, and employees of publishing establishments contain histories, correspondence, minutes, annual meeting programs, newsletters, clippings, and photographs. The records also include information on regional associations and the Missouri Press Association confidential bulletins from 1930 to 1982. The bulletins are on microfilm.

Missouri Press Photographers Association Photographs, 1988 (CA4989)
0.6 cubic feet

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Photographs used in an exhibit and MPPA’s “Pictures of the Year” contest.

Missouri Press Portraits, 1872-1924 (P1196)

Portraits of journalists, including many newspaper editors, from Missouri, or who have written significantly on Missouri topics.

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Missouri Press Women Records, 1940-1985 (C3967)
0.8 cubic feet (32 folders)

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The records of the Missouri Press Women consist of award and scholarship information, by-laws, correspondence, financial and membership records, and minutes.

Missouri Public Health Association Records, 1926, 1940s-2000 (CA5862)
10 cubic feet, 2 video cassettes

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Minutes of Board of Directors meetings, newsletters, conference material, and miscellaneous organizational records.

Missouri Public Interest Research Group Records, 1971-2000 (S0436)
24 cubic feet, 872 folders, 36 videos, 1 microfilm roll

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The Missouri Public Interest Research Group (MOPIRG) was founded by student activists following Ralph Nader's address at St. Louis University in March 1971. The group is a research and advocacy organization for consumer, citizen and student interests in Missouri. The collection includes board meeting minutes, bylaws, news releases, memorandum, correspondence, and publications.

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